Finding aid to the Bruce Mirken papers, 1987-1993
Coll2013.094
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Title: Bruce Mirken papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.094
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear foot.
1 archive box.
Date (inclusive): 1987-1993
Abstract: Minutes, contract agreements, corporate and government reports, correspondence, financial records, clippings, publicity material
and other administrative records, 1987-1993, from writer and activist Bruce Mirken. Mirken worked for over 20 years in communications
and activism in social justice, drug policy reform, LGBT- and AIDS-related issues, and materials in the collection document
his participation in AIDS- and LGBT-related organizations, government agencies and committees.
creator:
Mirken, Bruce
Biography
Bruce Mirken is a writer with 20 years experience in communications and activism in social justice, drug policy reform, LGBT-
and AIDS-related issues. Mirken grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Pomona College in 1978. His activist career began
in the LGBT community in the campaign against California Proposition 6 Briggs Initiative in 1978, then he went on to participate
in a number of social activists movements. He was a regular contributor to periodicals such as
San Francisco Chronicle,
AIDS Treatment News,
San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Men's Health,
Bay Windows,
Progressive Media Project, and
Los Angeles Reader; and a contributor to books and anthologies such as
Pot Politics: Marijuana and the Costs of Prohibition (2007), T
he Castro: Desire, Promise, Activism (2001),
Sexually Stigmatized Communities (1999), and
Uncommon Heroes (1994), among others. Mirken has worked as a freelance communications consultant and was communications director for the
Marijuana Policy Project for eight years.
As of 2013, Mirken lives in San Francisco and is media relations director for the Greenlining Institute, a non-profit public
policy organization working for racial and economic justice.
Sources:
Bruce Mirken, LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucemirken (accessed October 31, 2013).
"Our Team: Bruce Mirken, Media Relations Director," The Greenlining Institute, http://greenlining.org/about-greenlining/our-team/
(accessed October 31, 2013).
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Acquisition
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Bruce Mirken Papers, Coll2013-094, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly box #102-A115. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, October 2013.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes minutes, contract agreements, corporate and government reports, correspondence, financial records,
clippings, publicity material and other administrative records, 1987-1993, from writer and activist Bruce Mirken. Materials
in the collection document his activist work and participation in AIDS- and LGBT-related organizations and government agencies,
including ACT UP/LA, Californians for AIDS Research and Education (CARE), Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation/LA (GLAAD/LA),
Los Angeles County AIDS Program, and 1987 March on Washington. Also included are documents related to police-community relations,
AIDS research and education, drug research, California legislation, and a national African American gay and lesbian conference.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Related Archival Materials
AIDS History Project Collection, Coll2007-015, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Separated Materials
The following have been separated to the ONE Archives periodicals collection:
Caregiver, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1992).
GLAAD/LA Reports newsletter, 1990 (6 issues).
One audiocassette, "Defamation, Narrated by Harvey Fierstein" (call number AC0558) has been separated from the collection
and cataloged in the ONE Archives audiovisual collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease)--California--Los Angeles County
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Medical care
AIDS activists
Corporate reports
Mass media and gays--United States
Minutes
Police--Community relations
Box 1, Folder 2
AIDS Insurance Reports
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 3
AIDS Research Tax Credit Initiative
1988-1990
Box 1, Folder 4-6
Californians for AIDS Research and Education (CARE)
1987-1992
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 7
Clarithromycin/ddC anti-viral drug
1991
Box 1, Folder 8-9
Education; right wing clippings
1989-1992
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 10
Family Diversity, a Project of Spectrum Institute
1990-1991
Box 1, Folder 11
Gantt, Harvey for Senate (campaign against Jesse Helms)
1990
Box 1, Folder 12-14
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation/Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
1987-1991
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 15
Gay police officers; recruiting
1991
Box 1, Folder 16
Los Angeles County AIDS Program
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 17
Los Angeles County AIDS Program, Scott Watanabe
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 18
Los Angeles Police Department; anti-gay
1991
Box 1, Folder 19
Los Angeles Police Department; Chief Daryl Gates
Box 1, Folder 20-21
Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, AIDS Outpatient Center (5P21)
1989-1993
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 23
National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference
1993
Box 1, Folder 24
No on 96 and 102 fundraising
1988
Box 1, Folder 25
West Hollywood Sheriffs; Wittard
1991
